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Spectator killed by hammer weight thrown at high school track meet in Colorado

www.nbcnews.com Spectator killed by hammer weight thrown at high school track meet in Colorado

The weight, thrown by a competitor, went into the crowd rather than the field and fatally struck 57-year-old Wade Langston.

Summary

A 57-year-old spectator, Wade Langston, was killed at a high school track meet in Colorado when a hammer weight throw accidentally cleared barriers and struck him.

The incident occurred at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs during a club sports event.

Langston, the father of a competing athlete, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fundraising campaigns have been launched to support his family.

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It sucks for the man's family but I feel most sorry for the kid who threw the hammer. Having to live with that for the rest of your life has got to be awful.
- Personally, I don't know about "most sorry", when another kid lost his father. But yeah, it's terrible for everyone...
- The star pitcher on my little league baseball team threw a high and tight fastball that hit the batter in the face. Completely crushed the kids nose.
  Total accident obviously, but it was pretty horrific. We were all around 12-14 years old. The kid was screaming and rolling around on the ground while his parents and the coaches all tried to keep him from thrashing and keep a towel on his face to slow the bleeding.
  The kid who was pitching was fucked up from it, started crying and stormed off the field, said he would never play baseball again. He felt horrible about hurting another kid.
  I can't imagine how much worse it would be if you accidentally killed somebody. These kinds of accidents are so brutal because nobody did anything wrong, just supremely bad luck.
- Yeah I was talking with my wife along these lines. Your just doing a sport and now you have to live with killing someone for the rest of your life.

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